tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20782819.post7216779346981208326..comments2023-11-12T13:22:30.358+01:00Comments on andrewjshields: Writer and AuthorAndrew Shieldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02804655739574694901noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20782819.post-27049960234697410612008-09-21T10:55:00.000+02:002008-09-21T10:55:00.000+02:00I agree Andrew: If you refer to the profession 'Sc...I agree Andrew: If you refer to the profession 'Schriftsteller' is the correct term. Writers' organizations are typically called 'Schriftstellerverband'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20782819.post-51737920136924728482008-06-15T11:36:00.000+02:002008-06-15T11:36:00.000+02:00In considering the issue further, I came to the co...In considering the issue further, I came to the conclusion that there is definitely one context in which the hair I am splitting here is rather thick, as it were: when asked what they do (with the implication being "what do you do for a living?"), people who make their living writing books respond, "I am a writer" (and not "I am an author"). At least in that sense, then, I think my emphasis on "writer" as a "profession" is correct.Andrew Shieldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02804655739574694901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20782819.post-24459520737038991562008-06-08T18:45:00.000+02:002008-06-08T18:45:00.000+02:00If you're published, you're an author. It's not th...If you're published, you're an author. It's not that your writing isn't at the same time "authoring," but publication, in english, gives you the distinction of being an author, whether it's one book or many. In German what do you call a writer who hasn't been published? I must admit I think of Schriftsteller more as the equivalent to "author."<BR/>In English, too, an author can also be a poet, as Louise Glück is "a poet <B>and</B> the author of Wild Iris." But is German I've never heard of a poet referred to as a Schriftsteller.SarahJanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02497062670296130228noreply@blogger.com